Person:Micajah Callaway (1)

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Micajah Callaway
b.1755 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
d.11 Apr 1849 Washington County, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1748/49
  1. Dudley CallawayAbt 1750 - 1844
  2. Flanders Isham Callaway1752 - 1824
  3. Micajah Callaway1755 - 1849
  4. Chesley Callaway1760 - 1846
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Micajah Callaway1755 - 1849
  • W.  Mary Arnold - 1803
m. 1796
  1. James Callaway1799 - 1885
  2. Edmund Callaway1801 - 1863
  3. Margaret Callaway1803 - 1803
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1806
  1. John Hawkins "Hock" Callaway1806 -
  2. Noble Callaway1809 -
  3. Elizabeth Callaway1811 - 1870
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Facts and Events
Name Micajah Callaway
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1755 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Military[2] 1777 VirginiaRev War -
Marriage 1796 Kentucky[1st wife]
to Mary Arnold
Marriage Bef 1806 Kentuckyto Frances "Frankie" Hawkins
Death[1][2] 11 Apr 1849 Washington County, Indiana
Burial[1] Peugh Cemetery, Washington County, Indiana
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Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

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Research Notes

  • Micajah Callaway was the brother of Daniel Boone's son-in-law, Flanders Callaway, and nephew of Col. Richard Callaway.
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Related

  • Tomahawks and Treaties: Micajah Callaway and the Struggle for the Ohio River Valley[1] by Rex Callaway, 2010.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.

    [Includes photo of memorial stone]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pension Application Abstract, in Wardell, Patrick G. Virginia/West Virginia genealogical data from Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrant records. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1988-1998)
    Vol 1.

    Callaway, Micajah - entered service 1777 in Botetourt County, Virginia; granted Pension age 74 in Washington County, Indiana, 1832, where he died 4/11/1849; married 4/4/1805 to Frances/Frank[y] Hawkins, Garrard County, Kentucky; widow granted Pension abt. age 81 in Washington County, Indiana, 1853 & resided there with son John H. R452.

  3.   Family Recorded.

    History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
    Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
    Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co.,
    Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
    Goodspeed. Bourbon County.
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    ... Micajah Callaway, whose name is familiar to school children as a celebrated Indian fighter and frontiersman, who was a close companion of Daniel Boone in Kentucky, and appropriate mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. ...

  4.   Pension Application of Micajah Callaway (Calloway) W6646, in Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters
    Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Revised 9 Nov 2014.
  5.   DRAPER MSS: Interviews with Rhoda Long GROUND & Joseph CONWAY, in Usgwarchives.net.

    Draper MSS, Volume 29, Series Jp18
    Birds Expeddition - Ruddles and Martins Forts Taken 1780
    From Mrs. Rhoda Ground, Warren County, Kentucky.
    Trans. Form 325393, October 1844, Icde.
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    Ruddles station taken June __ 1780 - The Indians first came and attacked the station, were repulsed. Sometime afterward they came again, with canon and attacked, with the canon. An old man Goodnight was killed - Simon Girth and
    Miajah Calloway were with the enemy. ...
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    [Note: Micajah Callaway had been captured by the Indians at Blue Licks with Daniel Boone and several others of their salt-making party. Boone escaped a year later, and Micajah remained in captivity for five years and five months. It was common for Indians to bring their prisoners with them when they attacked the settlers, as was the case with Micajah when he was at Ruddell's Station.]

  6.   Family Recorded, in Stevens, Warder W, and Indiana) Washington County Historical Society (Salem. Centennial history of Washington County, Indiana: its people, industries and institutions ; with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. (Evansville, Indiana: Evansville Bindery, 1993)
    238- 246, 497.
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